Google Jambboard

Exploring Google's Jamboard 

Visualize your ideas in a new and collaborative way Unleash your team’s creativity with Jamboard. Sketch your ideas whiteboard-style while benefiting from the access and connectivity of an interactive canvas. Drop images, add notes, and pull assets directly from the web while collaborating with team members from anywhere.

Overview
If you don't have a Jamboard Google just announced you can use on the web at jamboard.google.com see new announcement Jamboard in the web
Note: it may need to be activated by an administrator You can use ios app or also in Google Play.

Jamboard is now available on the web, no app or Jamboard device needed.
Teachers and students can open, create and Jam right from a Chrome browser.
Get started today: https://t.co/JDj4FMZNe2 pic.twitter.com/K4S1LIcuxB
— Google For Education (@GoogleForEdu) October 16, 2018

Learn more here online from Tom and Vicki's blog posts here.


In addition, Google now has a grant open for the board that typically costs 5-6k and if awarded there in only a 600.00 setup fee. I think I will explore this option.







Exploring the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 with the Google Jamboard web version this week. It's always great to have students learning alongside of the teaching staff.

I tweeted @mmarotta the following:

Exploring the Acer Chrombook Tab 10 and the Google Jamboard web feature!
Exploring the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 https://g.co/kgs/NyWDqa  with @GoogleForEdu @GoogleJamboard for web the collaborative whiteboard app - to the web, anyone can create and collaborate on jams, no Jamboard hardware required! #nashobastat Ben Student Technology Assistive Team

I plan  to submit a proposal to "Transform a learning space with Jamboard by submitting an application to help transform our learning space with the addition of a Jamboard.


This will be a perfect way to expand our  "Apply Design Thinking to our Classroom Re-Design project here.

The Innovator's Mindset - Book Study NRSD starting October 17th

Our district will be offering "The Innovator's Mindset" as a book study option for our four upcoming PD sessions on 10/19, 12/7, 1/11 and 2/8.  Our full day of PD this year in on Friday, March 8th and our keynote will be the book's author George Couros on twitter at @GeorgeCouros 


Session One will focus on Part I: Innovation in Education (Chapters 1-3). We will be setting up a  google classroom and will be using twitter to share out during our readings using #InnovatorsMindset and our own district hashtag #InnovatorsMindsetNashoba.

Let's start with "What does innovation mean to you?"

more information to be posted (presentation 1 10/19, presentation 2 draft 12/7)

  

EdCamp Grafton

EdCampGrafton was held on Saturday, September 29th this year!
It's always great to connect with other educators.

I presented three sessions along with my colleague @csheil this past weekend.

In the spirit of EdCamp we waited to arrive to see what the need of the audience would be for the day.  We focused on creativity, video and formative assessment

• FlipGrid and Clips
• Managing Classrooms with Chromebooks (showcased PearDeck and FlashCard Factory)
• Adobe Spark

More info here
Link here http://goo.gl/DK4ryY 

Here are some for twitter links for #EdCampGrafton








I think this year I may attend EdCamp Boston again.  It's been too many years since I have attended.

When showing tools that allow students to create and publish it's always important to remember "Pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator"  when you implement technology alongside the correct pedagogy, it can take both teachers and students to new levels. The mix of pedagogy and technology is a balanced method and by far the most effective. Teachers using technology to complement their ideas are able to address the different learning styles of students and allow students to be creative, innovative and engaged.